Dave Andersondanderson@hachyderm.io
Nov 8, 2026, 6:47 AMAnd of course ISO would like $115 for me to browse this stupid document. I'm curious, but not _that_ curious.
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- Dave Andersondanderson@hachyderm.ioNov 8, 2026, 6:48 AM
Oh hey look at that Anna's Archive has a copy. Thanks Anna!
- Dave Andersondanderson@hachyderm.ioNov 8, 2026, 6:52 AM
You'll be pleased to know that ISO has your back, and requires that ID cards should not be toxic when used normally.
I mean sure I guess it doesn't hurt to write that down, but which country was making asbestos passports before this standard?
- Dave Andersondanderson@hachyderm.ioNov 8, 2026, 6:52 AM
Interestingly though it says nothing about how poisonous, or indeed venomous they can be...
- Dave Andersondanderson@hachyderm.ioNov 8, 2026, 6:54 AM
Huh, though here's a surprising requirement: ID-1 cards have to be opaque to IR light in some wavelength ranges. Apparently for compatibility with scanners that use said IR light for card presence.
- Dave Andersondanderson@hachyderm.ioNov 8, 2026, 6:58 AM
Weirdly there are two different sets of dimension specs, one for blank cards and one for cards after "personalization", meaning after your face and deets get printed on them. Personalized cards have slightly looser dimensional tolerance, I assume to allow for in-spec blanks to be smushed slightly during the personalization process without going out of spec.
- Dave Andersondanderson@hachyderm.ioNov 8, 2026, 6:59 AM
I kinda want to take calipers to all my cards now and see if they're in spec. But instead I'm going to be sensible and go to bed.
- Dave Andersondanderson@hachyderm.ioNov 8, 2026, 7:02 AM
And no the standard doesn't say why they decided to call the smaller form factor ID-000 instead of ID-0. ID-{1,2,3} don't follow any obvious scaling rule, I suspect ISO just wrote down what a bunch of people were empirically doing.
Cliff'sEsportCornerCliffsEsport@mastodon.socialNov 8, 2026, 2:50 PM@danderson Been while since I did ISO specific documentation/technical writing. But I can see including non toxic spec as useful, with purchasing and supply chain not every cog in machine will bother thinking or caring about use case of product being supplied. And often less safe materials can have economic or manufacturing benefits, specially if employee, environmental, etc cost not paid by manufacturer. Historical note w riveted Military tanks vs welded in WWII.